1921–22 Lancashire Cup
Rugby league season
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The 1921–22 Lancashire Cup competition, the fourteenth contest for this regional rugby league competition, saw a new name on the trophy, Warrington. They beat Oldham in the final at The Cliff, Broughton, Salford by a score of 7–5.
| 1921–22 Lancashire Cup | |
|---|---|
| Structure | Regional knockout competition |
| Teams | 14 |
| Winners | Warrington |
| Runners-up | Oldham |
Background
The number of teams entering this year's competition remained at the previous level of 14, this enabled the competition to be run with only 2 byes in the first round.
Competition and results
Round 1
Involved 6 matches (with two byes) and 14 clubs
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Broughton Rangers | 5–0 | Wigan | The Cliff | [2] | |||||
| 2 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Leigh | 3–2 | Wigan Highfield | Mather Lane | ||||||
| 3 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Rochdale Hornets | 0–2 | Oldham | Athletic Grounds | ||||||
| 4 | Sat 22 October 1921 | St Helens Recs | 0–0 | Swinton | City Road | ||||||
| 5 | Sat 22 October 1921 | Widnes | 6–0 | Salford | Lowerhouse Lane | [3] | |||||
| 6 | Sat 29 October 1921 | Barrow | 25–0 | Askam | Little Park, Roose | ||||||
| 7 | St. Helens | bye | [4] | ||||||||
| 8 | Warrington | bye | [5] | ||||||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 9 | Wed 26 October 1921 | Swinton | 2–8 | St Helens Recs | Chorley Road ground | ||||||
Round 2 – quarterfinals
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 5 November 1921 | Barrow | 10–3 | Broughton Rangers | Little Park, Roose | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 5 November 1921 | St. Helens | 5–17 | Oldham | Knowsley Road | [4] | |||||
| 3 | Sat 5 November 1921 | Warrington | 5–3 | St Helens Recs | Wilderspool | [5] | |||||
| 4 | Sat 5 November 1921 | Widnes | 2–2 | Leigh | Lowerhouse Lane | [3] | |||||
| Replay | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wed 9 November 1921 | Leigh | 5–3 | Widnes | Mather Lane | [3] | |||||
Semi finals
| Game No | Fixture date | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Att | Rec | Notes | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat 19 November 1921 | Oldham | 17–8 | Barrow | Watersheddings | ||||||
| 2 | Sat 19 November 1921 | Warrington | 13–7 | Leigh | Wilderspool | [5] |
Final
The final was watched by 18,000 and receipts were £1,200.[6]
3 December 1921 |
| Warrington | 7 – 5 | Oldham |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Bradbury Goals: Jolley (2) |
[7][8] |
Tries: Ferguson Goals: Farrar |
Teams and scorers
| Warrington[5] | № | Oldham |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Jolley | 1 | Ernie Knapman |
| Bob Bradbury | 2 | Ned Thomas |
| Charlie Collins | 3 | Jim Finnerty |
| Jim Tranter | 4 | Evan Davies |
| Bert Cartwright | 5 | Reg Farrar |
| Jack Prescott (c) | 6 | Billy Hall |
| Tommy Anderson | 7 | Maurice Tighe |
| Billy Cunliffe | 8 | Joe Ferguson |
| Alfred Peacock | 9 | Alfred Tomkins |
| Robert Mather | 10 | Fred Brown |
| Tommy Cunliffe | 11 | Jack Collins |
| Ernest Ogden | 12 | Tom Rees |
| Jim Fearnley | 13 | Willie Thomas |
Scoring – Try = three (3) points – Goal = two (2) points – Drop goal = two (2) points
The road to success
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St Helens Recs | 0(8) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Swinton | 0(2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salford | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | 2(3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 2(5) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leigh | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan Highfield | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Warrington | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | |||||||||||||||||||
| bye | |||||||||||||||||||
| St. Helens | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldham | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | |||||||||||||||||||
| Askam | |||||||||||||||||||
| Barrow | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Broughton Rangers | 25 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wigan | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||